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APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1914.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

i in 1 WILLIAM H. FOX, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1.915.

' Application filed May 26, 1914. Serial No. 841,050.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Fox, ofMinneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pads; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in pads and particularly hip andleg pads for base ball players, the object being to provide a padcomposed of two connected members, having free movement longitudinallyindependently of each other, so that as the player strikes the ground inhis eifort to slide to a base, the member of the pad next to the bodywill slide on the member on the ground and thus compensate for, orabsorb, to a large extent the friction,and largely reduce the danger ofinjury to the player.

A further object is to provide improved means for securing the pa to thewaist and le s of the player.

VVith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in theparts and combinations of parts as will be more fully explained andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of myimproved pads; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the opposite side of the padsand Fig. 3 is a view in sectlon through one of the pads.

1 represents the two ads, each consistmg of an envelop 2 containingcotton batting or other suitable padding material, held in place andprevented from bunching by lonitudinal lines of stitching 3,,and aninner abric member 4 of any suitable material, secured at its upper endto the upper end of the envelop 2. The inner member 4 is preferably ofone thickness of material and corresponding as to shape and slze withthe padded enve op 2, which constltutes the outer member'of the pad.

The pads 1 have substantially straight front edges, and are curved as at5, on their rear edges, so as to conform to, and fully cover the hips ofthe wearer, and each is provided at its upper end with a waist bandmember 6, made of flexible material and not added and may beskeletonized. This waist liand, may be, and preferably is integral withthe envelop 2, and the two band memthe elastic band 7, and one isprovided at its front end with an inelastic tying tape 8, and the otherwith a tying tape 9 having an elastic section 10. The inner fabricmembers 4 conform in length and width to the envelop sections 2 of thepads 1, and are secured at their upper edges to said envelops, at theupper ends of the latter, or to the waist band sections 6, and arepreferably secured at their lower ends to the lower ends of the envelops2 by the tapes 11, the side edges and remaining portions of the lowerends'of envelops and inner members being free and disconnected.

These tapes 11, are of sufiicient length to allow of some slidingmovement of the inner member 4 on the pad or envelop section of the padand this sliding movement can be prolonged by the turning inwardly andupwardly of the lower end of the padded or envelop section of the pad,due to the pull thereon of the tape 11. The envelop section of each padis also provided with tying tapes 12 and 13, said tapes however maybesecured to the inner member 4 in preference to the sections 2, each ofthe tapes 12-13 having an elastic section 14, for fastening the pads tothe legs of the wearer. By interposing elastic sections in the tyingtapes 9-12 and 13, the parts will be free to yield or give, and thusprevent the transmission of in urious strains to thebody or limbs of thewearer, and by roviding each pad or envelop with a loose inner'fabricmember, the contacting faces of the envelop and inner member beingcomparatively smooth, it will be evident, that, when .the'pad strikesthe ground, the inner member which is next to the body of the 1 user,willbe free to slide on the pad and thus compensate for or absorb a partof the initial friction which retards the sliding movement.

It is evident that many slight changes might be resorted to in therelative. arrangement of parts shown and described without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my I invention hence I would have itunderstood that I do not wish to confine myself to the exactconstruction and arrangement of parts shown and described, but,

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a hip pad composed of a paddedsection and a 'bers 6, are connected at their rear ends by fabricsection in rear of the same, the said fabric section being attached atits upper endto the pad and free at its side edges.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a hip pad composed of a paddedsection and a fabric section in rear of the same, said fabric sectionbeing preferably attached at its upper end to the pad and having a looseattachment at its lower end with the lower end of the pad, the sideedges of the inner fabric 10 section being free.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification inthe presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. FOX.

Witnesses:

J. L. MEEHAN, SARA BRENNAN.

